Southern California

Please join UPAAN-LA at our 5th ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR DIM SUM BRUNCH. 2012 is year of the esteemed & lucky DRAGON!

SATURDAY (1/14/12) at 11:00am at NBC Seafood Restaurant.

404 South Atlantic Boulevard
Monterey Park, CA 91754-3279
(626) 282-2323
http://www.nbcrestaurant.com/

$10/person pay-at-the-door

Please RSVP on Facebook by 1/13 so that we may take a proper headcount and save you a seat. All Penn alumni and friends are welcome. Email la-rep@upaan.org if you have any questions.

We look forward to feasting with YOU.

 

UPAAN-LA invites YOU to an Ivy-Plus Asian Alumni Mixer @Wokcano, Santa Monica, CA...

Tuesday, November 01, 2011
6:30pm - 9pm

Wokcano
1413 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458-3080
www.wokcanocafe.com

**Specials: $3-4 drinks, $3-8 food until 7:30pm**

All are welcome... the more the merrier!

Kindly RSVP via facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130785093693897#!/event.php?eid=130785093693897) or email (la-rep@upaan.org).

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::
 

 Try a new cuisine every quarter while mingling and networking with Penn Alumni and other Ivy Schools!

UPAAN-LA invites all Penn alumni to the third stop in our series of Asian food-tasting events in greater Los Angeles. This will again be in collaboration with the Asian Alumni networks of Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. This will be fun opportunity to meet, reunite, and network with other Ivy Plus alumni.

Address:
NBC Seafood Restaurant
404 South Atlantic Boulevard (one light south of Garvey)
Monterey Park, CA 91754

Date:
August 27, 2011 Saturday
10:30am to 12:00pm

Cost:
Family style dim sum, shared

Parking:
Free in lot or on street

Signups
Via email (a4psocal@gmail.com) and/or Facebook

We'll have 3 tables reserved for that day (10 people per table) so for guaranteed seating, let us know as soon as possible, first come first served. More tables may be reserved if available. Kindly R.S.V.P. before August 25 5pm to a4psocal@gmail.com with the total number of people and school affiliation. LATE RSVPs on an as available basis only.

See you there!

 Try a new cuisine every quarter while mingling and networking with Penn Alumni and other Ivy Schools!

UPAAN-LA invites all Penn alumni to the second stop in our series of Asian food-tasting events in greater Los Angeles. This will again be in collaboration with the Asian Alumni networks of Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. Our second stop will explore the tastes of Korea, and where better to do that than in Koreatown! Please join us at Tahoe Galbi Restaurant for an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ dinner. This will be fun opportunity to meet, reunite, and network with other Ivy Plus alumni.  

Address:

Tahoe Galbi
3986 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 365-9000 

Parking:
Street or Valet  

Time:
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7-9 PM   

Cover:
$28-$30/person (to be paid in cash upon arrival; extra drinks purchased individually) 

If you plan to attend, please RVSP (by June 21st) on Facebook and also email your school affiliation, number of people attending, and any questions to: la@haaaa.net. See you there!

 

Dear UPAAN-LA friends,

In this message:
(1) 4th Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch
(2) Welcome Heidi Zhang W'09
(3) 2010 Photo Review


== (1) 4th Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch ==========================================

It's that time of year again-- please join UPAAN-LA at our 4th Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch. 2011 is for the RABBIT!

SATURDAY (1/22) at 11:00am at NBC Seafood Restaurant.

404 South Atlantic Boulevard
Monterey Park, CA 91754-3279
(626) 282-2323
http://www.nbcrestaurant.com/

Tickets are $7 for members and $10 for non-members.

Please be sure to register in advance for the event directly at PennClub LA's website: http://www.pennclubla.com/article.html?aid=1104.
All are welcome. We look forward to feasting with YOU.


== (2) Welcome Heidi Zhang W'09 ==========================================

Please welcome & be formally introduced to Heidi Zhang (W'09)! She is our newest volunteer to step-in as one of UPAAN's Los Angeles representatives helping to initiate, plan and organize events for UPAAN-LA.

She graduated from the Wharton Undergraduate Program in 2009 with a concentration in Finance and is currently working in LA, where she grew up. You may have met her at a recent Penn event already but if not, come say hi at our next Dim Sum event. She says, "I hope to broaden the UPAAN-LA network to include other universities, both young and old, Asian and non-Asian alums, their pets, etc."

And of course, a BIG THANK YOU to Gloria Lee (C'97, GPU'98, WG'07) for her contributions and great ideas to UPAAN-LA from 2009-2010. We look forward to collaborations between UPAAN-LA & PENNtertainment!


== (3) 2010 Photo Review ==========================================
 
Be sure and check out the UPAAN's Photo Gallery (http://www.upaan.org/gallery) for highlights from 2010!


Look forward to seeing you soon,
Michelle (& Heidi)

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Michelle Yuen  C'02
Heidi Zhang  W'09

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

Hello,
 
Michelle Yuen and I would like to invite you to UPAAN-LA's SUMMER BBQ.

Our lovely hosts are ENG WONG C'97 and DAPHNE NISPEROS WONG C'97. During their undergraduate tenure at Penn, Eng and Daphne spearheaded the projects that have paved the way for the creation of many current Penn establishments such as *APSC, ASAM, PAACH & UPAAN. Many thanks to both for welcoming UPAAN members to their home.

Saturday, June 12
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Torrance, CA - more details to follow
 
Kindly RSVP by Wednesday (6/09) via Facebook so that we can take a head count.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=305080994722&ref=ts

See you,
Gloria

*APSC = Asian Pacific Student Coalition; ASAM = Asian American Studies; PAACH = Pan-Asian American Community House; UPAAN = University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network.

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Gloria Lee C'97, GPU'98, WG'07
Michelle Yuen C'02

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

Hello Friends, 

Thank you to our friends who joined us last Saturday (2/06) at the 3rd Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch. For this event, the awardee for "Favorite Traveler in the LA Basin" goes to one of our newest friends, Chris Ko (C'06), who drove in from Walnut, CA. It was a joy and pleasure to be able to celebrate the new Tiger year with each of you.

Photos from the event are posted for your viewing pleasure on upaan.org (http://www.upaan.org/v/2010/).


A quick note to save-the-date for UPAAN-LA's next quarterly event..
 
UPAAN-LA's Summer BBQ
Saturday, June 12
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Torrance, CA - more details to follow

Our lovely hosts are Eng Wong (C'98) and Daphne Nisperos Wong (C'97). During their undergraduate tenure at Penn, Eng and Daphne spearheaded projects that have paved the way for the creation of many current Penn establishments such as *APSC, ASAM, PAACH & UPAAN. Many thanks to both for welcoming UPAAN members to their home.

Kindly RSVP by Saturday (6/05) via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=4968515605#!/event.php?eid=305080994722) so that we can take a head count.


Happy New Year!
Michelle & Gloria

*APSC = Asian Pacific Student Coalition; ASAM = Asian American Studies; PAACH = Pan-Asian American Community House; UPAAN = University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network.

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

:: LA Reps ::
Gloria Lee C'97, GPU'98, WG'07
Michelle Yuen C'02

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

Gloria and Michelle want YOU to join us in ringing in the new year at UPAAN-LA's 3rd Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch.
...Or perhaps you just need a good excuse to get out to mingle with Penn folk and/or eat dim sum. Yum.
 
We are excited to invite you to join UPAAN-LA this SATURDAY (2/06) at 11:00am at NBC Seafood Restaurant.
 
404 South Atlantic Boulevard
Monterey Park, CA 91754-3279
(626) 282-2323
http://www.nbcrestaurant.com/
 
Kindly RSVP to this email or via facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278805074634) so that we can take a head count and save seats for everyone.


Look forward to seeing you,
Gloria & Michelle

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Gloria Lee C'97, GPU'98, WG'07
Michelle Yuen  C'02

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::
 

Dear UPAAN-LAers & friends,

Thank you so much to those who joined us Friday night at Pink Taco in Century City. It was REALLY awesome for me to hang with the old friends and meet new ones. Just the perfect dose of what I needed.


A BIG THANK YOU to Wesley Nakamura (C'06), my (now retired) partner in crime here on the UPAAN-LA board. It has been a wonderful time working with you the last 3 years. It was meant-to-be that o'glorious day we met at PAACH during your senior year... while you were napping on that couch.  ;)  Best of luck with your endeavors the next few years, Mr. Cycling Extraordinaire. (Please be our cameraman at future UPAAN-LA events!)


I would also like to take this opportunity to formally welcome Gloria Lee (C'97, GPU'98, WG'07) to UPAAN-LA as one of our Los Angeles representatives. If you didn't get a chance to meet her last night, here are the top 3 reasons why she rocks:

(1) Without her presence and student leadership during her undergraduate tenure, my experience (and anyone around my time and behind me) at Penn would have been vastly different. She is one of the founders of APSC (Penn's Asian Pacific Student Coalition). As an alum, she is one of the OG trailblazers that founded UPAAN and established this alumni group as officially-recognized by the university's alumni office;

(2) Her leadership here in Los Angeles is an inspiration. She is organized, ambitious, and gets things done. Not only is she busy with her day job at Fox Cable Networks devising clever strategies to sell more cable content, she still manages to find the time to organize mixers for *several* different groups, run half marathons, and be a friend to others;

and last but not least..

(3) My friends ...she has THREE (3) Penn degrees.


Now, moving forward, please save-the-date for our next Quarterly Mixer on Saturday, February 6, 2010. It will be our 3rd Annual Lunar New Year Dim Sum Brunch celebration. Mark your calendars.

The UPAAN-LA Quarterly Mixer Kickoff award for "Favorite Traveler in the Los Angeles Basin" goes to Dong Soo Lee (W'96) and his wife, Jisun Han, for driving all the way from Carlsbad (near San Diego) to attend our event. Thank you Dong Soo for your enthusiastic presence and energy!

Thank you all again & look forward to seeing you next.
Cheers,
michelle

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Gloria Lee C'97, GPU'98, WG'07
Michelle Yuen C'02


:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

Fellow LA Penn Friends,

Come join UPAAN-LA for our first quarterly happy hour! Mix and mingle with old friends and new. Here are the details:

When:  Friday, October 23  7 pm - 9 pm
Where: Pink Taco, Century City Mall 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA  90067  310-789-1000

We look forward to seeing you Friday!  Feel free to contact Gloria Lee or Michelle Yuen with questions.
 
Gloria Lee
gloria.lee.wg07@wharton.upenn.edu
 
Michelle Yuen
michelle_yuen@alumni.upenn.edu


--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Gloria Lee C'97, GPU'98, WG'07
Michelle Yuen C'02

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

TC: After graduation, I joined Teach for America. I was placed to teach science and math at Compton High School in Compton, CA. The six years working at Compton High changed me completely. It's funny how so many Penn graduate enter the financial sector, law, or medicine. I had ambitions of being a doctor through my four years at Penn but it became quite apparent quickly that my abilities would be better served in the field of education. I truly did not appreciate my Penn experience until I started working at Compton High. The dichotomy my educational experience with that of my students so crystallized my ambition to provide my students more opportunities than what is typically afforded to them.

UPAAN-LA: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

TC: In 5 years, I hope to be in a position where I am impacting education reform in Los Angeles in an even larger scale. For example, I would hope to lead complete reform efforts of an entire organization or school district. 20 years is too far in the future for me to imagine. The bottom line is that my greatest hope is that the education landscape looks very different than the way it looks today.

 

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Join the University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network-Los Angeles in ringing in the Lunar New Year, the year of the Rat, at our 2nd annual Dim Sum Brunch. Great food and plenty of cheer will be had by all!

Saturday, February 2, 2008 @ 11am

NBC Seafood Restaurant
404 S. Atlantic Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 282-2323

 

If you have any questions/comments, please email la-rep@upaan.org or visit www.upaan.org for updates.

 

Hello UPAAN-LA!

Believe it or not, the holidays are just around the corner. UPAAN-LA would like to be the first to celebrate with you!

================================================================

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Hope your '07 is starting off well.

<!--StartFragment -->Hi all,

It's been a while since you last heard from us and to wrap up 2006, we don't want you to forget about UPAAN.

We're going to have an event at Smooth's this Friday, December 22 in downtown Long Beach. Hopefully you can make it too! It will be good times! Let's relax and get down before the holidays! Please excuse the preponderance of exclamation marks!!!

Smooth's is located at:
144 Pine Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
www.smoothssportsgrille.com

Cover is free before 10pm. So you can bet we're planning to get there before ten. You should too. After ten, the cover goes up.

FYI: the promoters of the club are here: www.cagedmonkeyz.com

We recommend carpooling and you should park in the parking structure for the movie theaters near 3rd st.
Additional parking info for the downtown area is here:
http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/inc/displayblobpdf2.asp?BlobID=11007

Feel free to invite other people.

Please email us back if you want to go so that we can get an idea of who's gonna be there, however it's not necessary that you do so.

If you have trouble finding the UPAAN crowd, look for Wes, the guy with a HUGE goofy grin on his face.

Pics are up from our last event at Genghis Cohen on the UPAAN website. ( http://www.upaan.org/v/2006/GenghisCohen/ ) If you're a narcissist and like seeing yourself in pictures, come out on Friday and we'll be happy to oblige. This also means you should dress to impress!

Peace,

--
University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Michelle Yuen (C'02)
Wesley Nakamura (C'06)

:: la-rep@upaan.org :: www.upaan.org ::

KCRW sponsored event

Friday 10/27
8pm SHARP
Our very own Jay Matsueda (Wh'95) opens for Robyn Hitchcock & Peter Buck of R.E.M.

The Key Club
9039 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, 90069

Ticket face value is $18 + ticket master fees by phone or $20 at the door. BUT PENN people and friends get tix for $11 each.Contact jmatsueda@yahoo.com or 323-377-7317 for more information.

This weekend is the LA premiere of the film, RED DOORS. The NY event was sponsored by UPAAN-NYC last weekend--sold out events! The fathers of the director (Georgia Lee) and producer (Jane Chen) are both Penn alum acting in the film! The theater details for the film's showings are below.

The Saturday 7:25pm showing in Beverely Hills is considered the LA premiere. If you want to attend a Q&A with directors and actors from the film, go to the Sunday 5:00pm screening in Beverly HIlls. Please drop UPAAN-LA a message if you are interested in seeing the film or plan to attend any of the screenings. We will be in attendance at the Saturday 7:25pm show. Email la-rep@upaan.org or call michelle at 909.921.5944.
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RED DOORS to open in LA and SF on September 22

RED DOORS will open on the west coast on September 22 at the following theaters:

LOS ANGELES AREA

Laemmle Music Hall - 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 90211
Fri, Mon-Thu: 5:00, 7:25, 9:55
Sat & Sun: 12:15, 2:35, 5:00, 7:25 & 9:55
To buy tickets for the Music Hall, click here

Laemmle Playhouse - 673 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, 91101
Daily 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:55
To buy tickets for the Playhouse, click here

Laemmle Town Center - 17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, 91316
Daily at 12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:55
To buy tickets for the Town Center, click here

Also, there are 2 afterparties for the show: 1) Saturday night at Garden of Eden and 2) Sunday evening at 7:00pm, Standard Hotel (on Sunset), poolside.

Below are the details for our next event.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

See you on the 30th!

--
UPAAN-LA is proud to bring you...

Singer/Songwriter Jay Matsueda (WH'95) & The Night Hike Trio

Saturday, September 30th
10:00-11:15pm @ Genghis Cohen
740 North Fairfax Ave.
(on Fairfax, just north of Melrose Ave.)
Los Angeles, CA 90046

$7 cover (or $5 -- RSVP to la-rep@upaan.org for group discount)

Jay Matsueda (Class of '95) has written and performed music throughout high school, his days at UPENN, and thereafter at venues all across America. Matsueda's emotive, melodic vocal style has been described as being influenced by Tracy Chapman, Morrissey and Jeff Buckley, while still remaining distinctive and all his own. Currently L.A.-based, Matsueda has delved into the local scene to the extent that he now plays with some of the VERY BEST musicians in the city. Joining him on the 30th will be three amazing L.A. pros. Katisse Buckingham (flute/sax) has toured with the Yellowjackets as a sub for Bob Mintzer. You may also know Katisse's flute playing if you recall the solo acted out by Will Farrell in movie Anchorman. Stellar musician Larry Steen of the World Jazz Ensemble will play electric bass, and session veteran Chris Wabich will be on drums that night. If you've seen a Jay show before, you'll also realize that any number of surprise guest musician friends could end up joining in on stage impromptu, such is the nature of his show. To learn more about Jay Matsueda, for songs samples and more, please visit www.myspace.com/jaymatsueda

Welcome To A New Era!

This weekend we are kicking off UPAAN LA's revival and hope that you will join us for some drinks and good times:

Sat. Sept. 9, 9:00pm

(9/9 at 9 )
Broadway Bar
830 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Near 8th and Broadway

When you get there, look/ask for Michelle or Wesley. That's where we'll be getting our drink on. :)

• Come prepared with your best story involving a birthday.
• This event is open to non-Penn alums

As a sidenote, this is our first event as representatives for the UPAAN-LA chapter and we are determined to plan successful events that cater to your interests. We're excited (to quite an irrational extent) to be meeting all of you and having many occasions to hang out with fellow alums. Since we want to give you plenty of reasons to be excited about UPAAN, please let us know if you have any ideas for future events or ways in which you would like to get more involved.

Whether you're a native of Southern California or a transplant, we want to take take advantage of the amazing weather and rich diversity to form the most vibrant and active UPAAN chapter in the history of humankind.

--

University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN)
Los Angeles Chapter

::LA Reps::
Michelle Yuen (C'02)
Wesley Nakamura (C'06)

I am a singer/songwriter in L.A. (some of the time) :-) and I am playing at GENGHIS COHEN this Saturday at 9:15pm for an hour. Cover is $7 but discounted to $5 if UPAAN members use fliers like the ones attached. 02-J-genghis-flier-8-26-bandw.jpg

Jay Matsueda WH '95